Nature_lover101: It's going to be another 'winging it' chapter.

Inuyasha: Not many ideas for a writer.

Nature_lover101: It's hard doing all the stuff I do!

Sango: Yeah…you try it some time dog boy!

Inuyasha: Keh

Miroku: Well, this will be interesting enough

Kagome: Grrr…I could take care of myself…

Sango: Kagome…you're being scary…again

Kagome: Grrr

Chapter 10: The new band

"Alright everyone! Spring's coming right around the corner. And, I know we're supposed to be going home soon…but there seems to be some kind of delay…now…don't panic."

Everyone starts talking worriedly at once. Ms. Kaede decides to help Mr. Makoto out, "We don't know how long we'll be here. We made it through the winter; we'll make it through this till they show up. You've learned everything you need to know here so we decided to let you guys have an activity to make yourselves more well rounded. Till then, you're all going to be getting some kind of way to be making money for supplies; we'll cut it 50-50 so you all have some cash in your pockets to go home with. I'll be driving you all to the market in the wagon in one week. You have till then to put your acts together."

Mr. Makoto cuts in again, "You can do art, music, any kind of talent and have some open thing to collect money. All of you will have a pair. Today you'll be working with your partner to work on your performance. Koga and Ayame, you two will be hunters so you are exempt from this unless you wish to do it as well. Sango and Miroku are pairs, Kagome and Inuyasha are pairs, and Hojo and Kikyo are pairs."

Ms. Kaede continues, "Now, go and have fun." I walk over to Inuyasha and smile. I'm getting used to him being my partner.

"So what do you think we should do?"

"A fighting competition!"

"Uh…something…safer…"

"Like what?"

"That's what I was asking you…how about singing? We know we sound good."

"'Kay. What songs?"

"Hmmm…we'll have to have a bunch. We can write our own too. Come on, let's get started!" I grab his hand and run to my room.

"Wow…this is…girly…"

"It's the only thing we could all agree on and be fair." I grab my guitar from the wall. "Let's try that song Sango got us to sing first. What we can do is work on that for now. Once we learn it, we can perfect it while we learn a second song and so on and so forth."

"Yep, do you have the song?" At that moment Sango and Miroku walk in. "Hey guys, what are you two going to do?"

"Fight."

Inuyasha jumps up and points a finger at me, "Ha! See? I told you that was a good idea!"

Miroku rolls his eyes, "We're not really going to fight, just offer lessons for ten bucks per child and twenty per adult."

Sango cuts in, "We'll put on a good show for people to get interested in it though."

"Awww…" Inuyasha sulks and sits on my bed again.

We all laugh before I tell them our idea. "Oh! That's awesome! You should have a huge range at first; see which style you do best with."

"Good idea, oh Sango! Do you have a way for us to learn that song?"

"What song?"

"Uhhh…what's it called…"

Inuyasha cuts in, "Without You."

"Yeah, that one."

Sango thinks for a minute before remembering something. "Yeah I have my mp3, but I only have one battery left."

Miroku says, "They can always buy more with the money they make." She gives it to us and I look for the song.

After a lot of concentration and pausing the song, I finally got the lyrics written down on paper. I give it to Inuyasha as I strum my guitar to see if I can remember what notes go where.

(Three hours later)

"Do you wanna try it together? I need to see what word goes on each note so I can learn them together at the same time." Inuyasha nods and hums my part for me because he doesn't sing yet as I stumble on the notes. Sango and Miroku stop their own planning to listen.

"You two together are amazing. That's a Broadway sing…now…do something like…alternative rock oh! What about 'Three Days Grace'? Do one from them."

"Inuyasha, you know 'The Good Life'?"

"Yeah, but we'd need more guys." 'Oh I have an idea! "Sango, want to pair up? We go back and forth, one day music, one day fighting class."

"Yeah! That way we can get specific classes for people and more teachers while you have more singers and people to collect money. Let's get Ayame and Koga too."

They walk in right then. Ayame says smiling, "That would be so much fun! We can all split the shares."

Ms. Kagura comes in then to stand in the doorway. "The money is going towards supplies, not all is going to your pocket. If you all split together, you'll get hardly anything. It's going to be split half way as it is, now you're talking splitting that half into six ways. Off of tiny performances, that's hardly anything at all."

"I don't mind, does anyone else?" I look around to see shaking heads. She leaves after rolling her eyes. "So does everyone know the song?" They all nod and I start to play the guitar.

Inuyasha sang lead with Koga and Miroku background.

We go to eat dinner after we finish practicing. Now is a good time to start that band we talked about so long ago.

We can all save up for the instrument we play and make big performances here and earn more. Sango will get her drums, Miroku his keyboard, Inuyasha will get his guitar, and I'll probably buy an electric one. And now, we'll have Ayame and Koga too; they don't play anything, but they can still sing and Koga's good at math so he can be our treasurer while Ayame is our Manager. That way they have a big part in the band too. Once we leave, we can ask Mr. Banshinko if we can keep them here. Maybe if he doesn't have a use for the house yet, we can have a vacation home…or he'll give it to Sango for after high school and we can all start our own little town here. Our band will grow bigger and this can be our vacation spot. Sometimes it's good to dream big…I definitely do enough of that.

Nature_lover101: So what did you think?

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Nature_lover101: …guys?

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Nature_lover101: Guess they're busy practicing...please review. Any requests for songs? Or ideas for the next chapter? Let me know!